ISLAMABAD , Pakistan -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Less than a day after Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf declared a state of emergency and scolded the country 's media for being too `` negative , '' police stormed the offices of a television station early Sunday , AAJ-TV 's director of news and current affairs said .

Pakistani policemen patrol the streets of Islamabad , Pakistan , Saturday .

Armed with guns , the two dozen police said they had orders to take the station 's equipment , including a van that the station uses to broadcast live coverage , Talat Hussain said .

`` We resisted , '' Hussain said . `` We said show us the papers . ''

The police did n't have proof their demands were legitimate , he said , adding the officers said only that they had orders `` from the highest authority . ''

`` They said , ` We 'll do it the nice way or the other way , ' '' Hussain said .

A brief scuffle between the policemen and about 40 journalists in the station followed , but no one was hurt , he said .

During the confrontation , two AAJ journalists were able to drive the news van away from the station , Hussain said .

Police later left the building , but remained outside , Hussain said .

The raid followed a government directive to the media , warning journalists that any criticism of the president or prime minister would be punishable by three years in jail and a fine of up to $ 70,000 , Hussain said .

Earlier , in a Saturday night televised address to the Pakistani public aimed at explaining why he had declared a countrywide state of emergency and suspended the constitution , Musharraf was critical of the country 's media , saying they had `` added insult to injury . ''

`` The media could not lend a helping hand to improve the situation , '' Musharraf said , describing `` the situation '' in Pakistan as fraught with tension and constrained by the spread of terrorism .

`` I said frequently that the media should not be negative , '' Musharraf said .

Shortly after private networks reported Saturday that Musharraf 's declaration of a state of emergency was imminent , most media channels went off the air in an apparent blackout , although some flickered off and on . E-mail to a friend

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Police say they had orders `` from the highest authority '' to take equipment

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News director : Police said `` We 'll do it the nice way or the other way ''

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Government warns of jail , fines if president or prime minister are criticized

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Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf : Media have `` added insult to injury ''